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Because the HackMii guys and many other people say that CIOSCorp is too risky, I've refrained to use it for a while. But I recently got Rock Band 2 and for some reason the DLC stacks up in my nand even if SD mode is enabled.

I read that by loading Rock Band through the Disc Channel, this isn't a problem... but my Wii has a tendency to damage discs (I had to buy Zelda TP two times because a part of the game before the Mirror Chamber was damaged), so even for the games I legally own I use backups. For this reason, I have to install CIOSCorp to play RB2 through the disc channel.

So my question is, is cIOSCorp really as dangerous as people say? Also, I read that cIOSCorp was not compatible with the HackMii installer. But if I already had BootMii before, I can still do NAND backups and restores, right?

IF you already have bootmii as boot 2 then it is not so risky, I mean I have installed and updated Cioscorp on my wii many times, just not to 3.4 yet everything I have plays fine with it. And I do not know about restoring Nand , because I have never done it, but you can still back up your nand with it installed

Ok then I'll give it a shot, thanks. It'd be nice if someone could confirm that NAND restoring works, though. My Wii is already crappy as it is, I don't want to mess it up more irreversably (that's a real word right? )

So long as bootmii is installed as boot 2 (i.e you can access it by merely turning your wii on with the sd card in) then yes, a nand back can be used to restore it. Just remember to make a nand backup first. As for risky, everyone says it is risky, but I personally have never had a problem with it. I think that with a little common sense, not much can really go wrong. Just make sure you wii is not turned off during the 3 or so minuet installation and do not try to delete the iso's or do a nintendo update to remove them.

Ah... ok. I have other question, though... I read that Rock Band only needs IOS37 and IOS60 to play, so if I install cIOSCorp, and then use Dop-IOS to overwrite all the IOS except for IOS37 and IOS60, there's no problem with that, right? Can it be done?

If the game does not work from usb or disc with only a cIOS instaled, ok. But why the whole cioscorp directly? Install the one cIOS from cioscorp you need for this game(cIOS37?), select that in SoftChip and you can play with 0%* brick chance.

*I'm not counting system menus that are patched to use really unusual IOS

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but know cIOScorp comes with an uninstaller to you can always revert back your IOS's

Before trying I recommend you have a working nand backup + bootmii on boot2 and preloader with the homebrew channel working. I've only tested this on system menu 4.1. I've found the best way of removing cIOScorp with little brick chance is to run DOP-IOS on all the files It'll let you update, make sure you do all the patches on IOS36, IOS53, IOS55, IOS60 don't patch any other files then those listed and you should be rid of cIOScorp, make sure to reinstall preloader afterwards to get rid of the system files are corrupted message.

Before trying I recommend you have a working nand backup + bootmii on boot2 and preloader with the homebrew channel working. I've only tested this on system menu 4.1. I've found the best way of removing cIOScorp with little brick chance is to run DOP-IOS on all the files It'll let you update, make sure you do all the patches on IOS36, IOS53, IOS55, IOS60 don't patch any other files then those listed and you should be rid of cIOScorp, make sure to reinstall preloader afterwards to get rid of the system files are corrupted message.

Are you having a problem with the DLC being stored on the wii and not being properly deletable/movable to SD? This is the problem I'm having with gh5, although I'm using usb loader gx. So for the time being, I have enough space to download maybe 3 songs at a time. I'd choose SD, and I'd get two copies, one on the wii, and one on sd. Then, goto the wii's data management and delete the dlc from the wii. Then it will only remain on the sd.

If the game does not work from usb or disc with only a cIOS instaled, ok. But why the whole cioscorp directly? Install the one cIOS from cioscorp you need for this game(cIOS37?), select that in SoftChip and you can play with 0%* brick chance.

*I'm not counting system menus that are patched to use really unusual IOS

Quoted from xzxero:

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but know cIOScorp comes with an uninstaller to you can always revert back your IOS's

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New Wii + old cioscorp = brick, so remove the "always"

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if you email cioscorp@thewebpost.net,
it gives you the link for the official cIOScorp 3.4, an uninstaller for LU64+ Wii's, and an uninstaller for older Wii's.

If the game does not work from usb or disc with only a cIOS instaled, ok. But why the whole cioscorp directly? Install the one cIOS from cioscorp you need for this game(cIOS37?), select that in SoftChip and you can play with 0%* brick chance.

*I'm not counting system menus that are patched to use really unusual IOS

Quoted from xzxero:

[...]
but know cIOScorp comes with an uninstaller to you can always revert back your IOS's

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New Wii + old cioscorp = brick, so remove the "always"

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if you email cioscorp@thewebpost.net,
it gives you the link for the official cIOScorp 3.4, an uninstaller for LU64+ Wii's, and an uninstaller for older Wii's.

So it's still safe to say always right?

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Is there anything the cIOScorp uninstaller does different then using DOP-IOS?

What makes it dangerous is the level of knowledge and comprehension of the software from the end user.

I'm not going to get into the fight to defend it.

There's many ways to load backups.

From safest to "dangerous" as some call it:

BackupLoaders like NeoGamma work like a Charm (of course, external app, takes about 10 seconds longer to boot your game)

Most clean:
PreLoader configured to use IOS249 and forcing games to reboot to IOS249 (newer games will freeze due to the IOS reload or dump you an Error 002)

Installing only IOS60 (to load from disc channel and view banners from games) from the cIOSCorp Package and patching Your ISOs to use IOS249 (Requires ISO Patching in computer and newer games will freeze due to the IOS reload or dump you an Error 002)

Installing full cIOSCorp Package and load from disc channel with banners and all, 99% of the games working perfectly fine. (Downside is that your whole OS is messed with and other apps, specially from Team Wiizzers will refuse to work due to anti-piracy policy they work with).

Is there anything the cIOScorp uninstaller does different then using DOP-IOS?

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DoP-IOS does nothing but trucha patch the IOSs. This does NOT allow you to play backups from the disc channel. cIOSCORP is *MOST* of the IOS files that are not only trucha patched, but the DIP module used in IOS249 (cIOS) is added to all of them. Another thing is that all IOS files in cIOSCORP have the version numbers maxed out so Nintendo doesn't bother you to update. The side effect is that later on you may need to use DoP-IOS to install a regular (fresh or trucha patched only) IOS on top of it to update.

Well I'm ok with using a Backup Loader, so I'll only install the cIOSCorp wads I need for Rock Band (37 and 60). Thanks for the help

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Games always use only 1 IOS. IOS60 is used by the system menu, if you mess with that, there's a brick chance. Ok, if you use the right tools, it's very low, but there is one. If you only install cIOS37 and use it in SoftChip, there's no brick chance and the game will work.

Is there anything the cIOScorp uninstaller does different then using DOP-IOS?

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DoP-IOS does nothing but trucha patch the IOSs. This does NOT allow you to play backups from the disc channel. cIOSCORP is *MOST* of the IOS files that are not only trucha patched, but the DIP module used in IOS249 (cIOS) is added to all of them. Another thing is that all IOS files in cIOSCORP have the version numbers maxed out so Nintendo doesn't bother you to update. The side effect is that later on you may need to use DoP-IOS to install a regular (fresh or trucha patched only) IOS on top of it to update.

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Will you have to use the - button in DOP-IOS to downgrade the IOS's since the version number is maxed?